Pip change of circumstances

jamieleehill92

How long do you think I'll be waiting now, if the legal officer is looking at the dwp response they said that next step is my claim being made 'ready to list" for a judge and everyone to make a decision but they also said a decision can be made anytime its just so stressful waiting 

poppy123456

There are no timescales. I'm still very shocked to hear HMCTS refused a telephone hearing. This is not what they usually do because usually they prefer you to tell them in your own words exactly how you're affected  by your conditions.

Did they give you a reason why this was refused?

jamieleehill92

@poppy123456 well I told them a while back I still want a paper hearing so that's probably why 

jamieleehill92

@poppy123456 I've emailed them again to see if I can get a telephone hearing 

jamieleehill92

Am I more likely to win with a telephone hearing?

poppy123456

That chance of a decision in your favour with a telephone hearing is 70%+. For paper based it's extremely low 5-8%.

jamieleehill92

@poppy123456 ah that's good hopefully they reply to my email if not ill have to call them. I'll probably end up calling them because my anxiety is bad and I worry and think about things to much.

jamieleehill92

Hiya just been on phone to hmcts and they are going to change my hearing to telephone I got scared though because she was like there going to call you when there's a hearing so I panicked abit thinking will they let me know when the hearing is but I asked her and she said they will send a letter confirming when the hearing is 

poppy123456

That’s great they are changing to telephone, I thought they would have because they don’t usually refuse such a request. Yes, you will receive a date/time in the post but it could be several months. 

jamieleehill92

@poppy123456 ah wow that's a long wait. And yes it's great news thank you. Hopefully the wait will be worth it. I'll keep u updated 

jamieleehill92

Hi so I've logged back into track my pip appeal and it's saying unable to provide status update 

jamieleehill92

poppy123456

I wouldn't worry too much. There's either an issue with the tracker at the moment (which does sometimes happen) or they are just updating it because you've now asked for a telephone hearing and not paper based.

jamieleehill92

@poppy123456 ah OK thank you 

poppy123456

You're welcome